Selection and plan switching behavior

Inquiry

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 10-22

  Tchernis, Rusty ^a   Normand, Sharon Lise T ^b,c   Pakes, Juliana ^b   Gaccione, Peter ^b   Newhouse, Joseph P ^b,c,d,e  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN SWITCHING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 33745777795     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5034/inquiryjrnl_43.1.10     Document Type: Article

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